China says ‘lot of work to be done’ before Ukraine peace summit takes place

BEIJING: China said Wednesday that “a lot of work” would need to be done before a planned peace conference on the Ukraine war in Switzerland could take after, after German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Beijing had agreed to back the meeting.
“According to our understanding, the relevant meeting is still in preparation and there is still a lot of work to be done,” foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said, adding: “the only way out of the Ukraine crisis is at the negotiation table.”